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Gay candidate apologizes for anti-trans comments

By Project Q Atlanta

A gay man expected to formally announce his campaign for Atlanta City Council this week is apologizing for remarks he made three years ago when he said transgender people and drag queens were on the fringe of society and hurt the gay equality movement.

Charlie Stadtlander, a former Republican and leader of Log Cabin Republicans groups in Missouri and Atlanta, also said on Monday that his description of a drag show while a student at the University of Missouri-St. Louis as pornographic came at a time when he was lobbying for two gay rights measures from within a conservative GOP and was concerned the show might impact those efforts.

Stadtlander also said comments attributed to him as expressing disgust with consensual sex between two men were not his and part of a satirical piece that he disavows.

Stadtlander, who is scheduled to formally announce his city council campaign on Wednesday, is a former state legislative candidate who was embroiled in controversy in 2005 and 2006 while a college student in Missouri over his remarks criticizing the drag show, his leadership of Log Cabin Republicans and a scholarship he received from Pride organizers in St. Louis.

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Gay Atlanta City Council candidate apologizes for anti-trans comments

By Project Q Atlanta

Stadtlander also said comments attributed to him as expressing disgust with consensual sex between two men were not his and part of a satirical piece that he disavows.

There’s more after the jump.

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Fauver picks up opponent in council race

By Project Q Atlanta

Anne Fauver, a lesbian and two-term Atlanta City Council member for District 6, has picked up at least one challenger for the 2009 election.

Charlie Stadtlander (photo), a gay school teacher and former member of the Log Cabin Republicans, says the city’s current financial crisis is prompting him to step into the race. Stadtlander has most recently worked with the Purple Party, an effort aimed at fostering community between gay Republicans, Democrats and allies while raising money for the Human Rights Campaign.

There’s more after the jump.

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Enthusiam for Obama drops among some

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Rick Warren insists he’s not anti-gay

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Protests may greet Rick Warren when he stops in Atlanta

By Project Q Atlanta

UPDATE | Black gay coalition calls on church to rescind invitation to Warren. Read more

Rick Warren is coming to Atlanta.

The conservative mega pastor is scheduled to keynote the annual Martin Luther King, Jr. holiday festivities in Atlanta in January. Warren has been embroiled in a national controversy over his anti-gay views since he was selected earlier this month to deliver the invocation at President-elect Barack Obama’s inauguration.

Warren’s Atlanta speech is already drawing interest from some gay activists who are considering whether to organize protests on Jan. 19, when the pastor is scheduled to deliver the keynote address at 10 a.m. during the Martin Luther King, Jr. Annual Commemorative Service at Ebenezer Baptist Church. His stop in Atlanta comes a day before he’s expected to deliver the invocation at Obama’s swearing-in on Jan. 20.

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Rick Warren coming to Atlanta for MLK Day

By Project Q Atlanta

Rick Warren is coming to Atlanta.

News of the Atlanta visit by the pastor of 22,000-member Saddleback Church in California broke on Monday, though King Center officials say they invited Warren to speak last May, well before the recent controversy erupted.

There’s more after the jump.

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